PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHow have you personally found the Lemmy community compared to its competition and other social media?message-squaremessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down111
arrow-up1203arrow-down1message-squareHow have you personally found the Lemmy community compared to its competition and other social media?PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square236fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoA lot of it politics related in that someone posts something even slightly critical of communism and a ton of people dogpile on them. There may be toxic 1v1 conversations, but I generally see dogpiling only from one side.
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoGot it - mostly politics, then. That explains a lot why you guys are seeing far more toxicity than I do, I don’t generally join political discussions. (And when I do, since I’m myself communist, perhaps I don’t even notice it.)
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah. If you don’t participate in the discussions and you aren’t likely to get targeted if you do, you probably won’t see it.
A lot of it politics related in that someone posts something even slightly critical of communism and a ton of people dogpile on them.
There may be toxic 1v1 conversations, but I generally see dogpiling only from one side.
Got it - mostly politics, then. That explains a lot why you guys are seeing far more toxicity than I do, I don’t generally join political discussions. (And when I do, since I’m myself communist, perhaps I don’t even notice it.)
Yeah. If you don’t participate in the discussions and you aren’t likely to get targeted if you do, you probably won’t see it.